Chapter 1
A thick sheet of ice
What is a glacier
The study of the land, water, plants, animals, and people of a place
What is geography
Farming; Raising crops or animals
What is agriculture?
Land or body of water
What is a landform
The self proclaimed Water park capital of the world, located in Wisconsin
Glaciers did all of the following except:
a. moved huge boulders, rocks, and soil to other places
b. melted and then came back over and over again
c. caused many fires
d. formed the great lakes
What is C. Caused many fires
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
The wearing away of land by wind and water
What is erosion?
A place or land division that has common characteristics
What is region
The capital of Wisconsin
What is Madison
An Ice Age animal similar to a modern day elephant
What is a woolly mamoth
Dirt and rock that are brought from other places by a glacier
What is glacial drift?
The natural home of an animal
What is a habitat?
The weather of a place over a long time
What is climate
The quarterback for the Green Bay Packers who wears number 12. Last seasons NFL MVP
Who is Aaron Rodgers
Animals that no longer live anywhere on the earth are this
What are extinct?
The distance measured by degree north or south of the equator
What is latitude
An eight letter word that means to save
What is conserve?
Things that occur in nature such as trees, rocks, rivers, and plants
What is natural environment
Write a sentence describing Wisconsin's climate
answers may vary
280 West Main Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin is what kind of location
Exact location
The zero degree longitude line that runs through Greenwhich, England
What is the prime meridian
A tree that stays green all year
What is a conifer?
What is elevation?
Lake superior lowland
Northern Highland
Central Plain
Western Upland
Eastern Ridges & Lowlands